Device for attaching neckties



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DEVICE FOR ATTACHINQ NEGKTIES.- No. 289,670. Patented Dec. 4, 188? Hi m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. LINDER, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

DEVICE FOR ATTACHING NECKTIES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 289,670, dated December 4, 1883.

- Application filed May24, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. LINDER, of Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, haveinvented certainImprove- 'ments in Devices for Attaching Neckties or The object of my invention is to provide acheaply-constructed and easily-operated fastening which, on being secured to the cravat, scarf, or necktie of any kind, will hold it properly to the collar and collar-button; and it consists in a wire fastening of a peculiar conformation, secured to the cravat by pins, eyelets, or other desirable means.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A is the usual shield or stiffeningpiece of a necktie or cravat, and B the fastener, which is secured to the necktie or cravat by means of pins 1), as shown in this instance; but other fastening devices-such as eyelets-may be used without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The fastener is made of wire, either flat or round, bent at a a at right angles to the plane of the shield A, and the ends a a bent back parallel with said shield. Two circular bends, b b, are intended to rest around the bodies of eyelets, when eyelets are used to attach the fastening to the cravat. These bends b b are made in the same plane with the shield, and at right angles to the plane of the bends a a. On the rear of the fasteners are soldered or otherwise secured the pins 1) b, for V attaching the fastener to the cravat or necktie when eyelets are not used.

This fastener is adapted to be used with any kind of collarstanding or folding-and may be used with every variety of necktie without departing from the spirit of my invention.

To attach the fastener to the cravat or necktie for a standing collar, insert the pins 6 b downward, so as to cause the hooks a a to stand vertically at a point opposite the collarbutton. To apply the tie or cravat, insert the hooks a a upwardly between the collar-band and the collar, straddling the shank of the collar-button. The wire between and connecting the bends a a may be bent so as to form a catch for the upper edge of the collar-button; but practically this will be found unnecessary, as the tendency of the cravat is to move upward and not downward. The hooks a a, straddling the shank of the collar-button, prevent the cravat from moving to either side.

For a folding or turn-down collar the pins 1) I) must be inserted upward, as shown in Fig. 2, when the whole device will be reversed and. its operation changed. To apply the necktie now, the bends a a are pushed up between the collar-band and collar until thepoints or ends'a a slip over the former, when the tie is again pulled down and the shield A inserted under the corners of the coller. As in the case of a standing collar, the device straddles the collar-button and lateral movement is prevented.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

of the two upright or vertical hooks to (1,

adapted to be hooked over the collar, and the rearwardly-proj ecting pins 7) b, for attachment it o the cravat, all substantially as herein set orth.

WILLIAM L. LINDER.

Witnesses:

H. BOSMEYER, ALFRED S. LUND.

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